Notices

August 30, 2025 Concert Weekend Notice for pupils and parents of all our SMMC Centres: This notice explains what is happening on: · Saturday morning 13th September (Concert rehearsal at George St School) and · Sunday afternoon 14th September (Our annual Demonstration Concert at the Dunedin Town Hall). Saturday 13th September at George Street Normal School: This is another combined rehearsal and will run the same as the 30th August using the same rooms. 9:00am Community Orchestra Junior Symphonia Symphonic Band Training Orchestra Bathgate Park/Mosgiel Orchestra Ukulele 9:45am – in the Hall All pupils combine in the Hall to rehearse the Demonstration Concert final item (Pomp and Circumstance 4) 10:30 – 11:00 Recorders followed by Recorder Consort at 11:00 Flute Oboe Clarinet Saxophone Brass Percussion Guitar Listen and Learn Violin Violin – Cello - Double Bass 11:00am Recorder Consort Guitar ensemble Singers 11:15 Let’s Make Music ADMISSION TO CONCERT: We invite all parents, families and friends of performing children to attend the concert. Because the Town Hall has been kindly offered to us free of charge, there is no admission fee. However, donations will be most gratefully accepted on entry to defray expenses associated with the concert. The audience may sit anywhere upstairs except the centre rows A-C. Programmes will be available to purchase @ $2. Please bring cash for easy purchase. SMMC Demonstration Concert Sunday September 14th (3pm start) Performance arrangements for pupils: • Tidy dress is the usual expectation. • Please aim to arrive at 2:30 if you have an instrument to be tuned, and 2:45 if not. • Enter through the Harrop Street entrance where there are steps to the Town Hall corridor. Turn right to entre the “Link” where you will see many tables set up for your coats and cases. Please unpack your instruments here and wait to be shown where you are seated. Recorders and guitars can go straight to their seats near the upstairs corridors. • The toilets are off the side corridors (upstairs and downstairs). • It is good manners to remain still and quiet during an item. It is polite to applaud at the end of an item. • Before you perform, you will be escorted backstage as a group so that you can line up for entry onto the stage. You will need to do this quickly and quietly. After performing, you will be taken back to your seats. • Except for very young performers, it is expected that performers stay for the whole concert. • At the end of the concert, that is, after the massed item “Pomp and Circumstance”, you will be able to return to the “Link” to collect your coats and cases. • It would be sensible to have a prior arrangement with your parents as to where you meet up after the concert.  We thank all pupils for their participation, and we are grateful to all parents for their assistance in making this annual concert a happy event.

What is happening this term? 23th August: Classes as normal 30th August: Combined rehearsal at George St Normal School - see bottom of this notice for timings and further information 6th September: Classes as normal 13th September: Another combined rehearsal at George St Normal School in preparation for the concert the following day. 14th September: The annual concert takes place in the Town Hall beginning at 3pm. (There will be a further notice nearer the time which will give details regarding the concert.)